![]() ![]() Oak isn’t the carefree, kind boy Suren remembers instead, he wears a charming, manipulative mask, and Suren knows she must constantly be on guard in case she becomes as bewitched as the poor mortals she helps. Oak needs Suren’s help to defeat her mother, who has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel and discovered a magical object that allows her to build an army of twigs and ice. Then Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame and Suren’s former betrothed, rides out of the darkness with his soldiers and forcibly takes her. She is deeply lonely, longing for the life she had before her mother reclaimed her, yet unwilling to reveal herself to the human family that rejected her. ![]() Eight years after the Battle of the Serpent, Suren - child queen of the Court of Teeth and granted power over her mother by Jude - hides in the human world, spying on her former human family and saving mortals from fae bargains. The audiobook narrated by Annie Q is an engaging listen.Įlfhame fans prepare yourself: Black returns to the Elfhame world in this all-consuming first book in a new YA fantasy duology starring characters from the previous trilogy. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night is an enthralling addition to this growing and much-welcome trend. In the last few years, several fantasy novels steeped in Chinese mythology, history, and the xianxia and wuxia genres have been published, such as Daughter of the Moon Goddess, She Who Became the Sun, and The Empress of Salt and Fortune. With soldiers on her heels, eager to capture the magic her mother gifted her at her death, Lan flees the city with Zen, an undercover magical practitioner who is just as haunted by his past as Lan. Years later, she’s confronted by her past and magical inheritance when her shopkeeper friend dies, and a man assaults her. After witnessing her mother’s murder as a child, Lan escaped and was rescued by an elderly shopkeeper, who found her a home in Madam Meng’s Teahouse, where she works as a song girl. Zhao presents a rich fantasy world of high stakes and adventure in this YA novel based on Chinese mythology and the xianxia genre. ![]()
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